Christel

We told you
not to go around
telling everyone
you're smart.

I don't know why,
we'd try to hold
you back.

I ask you questions,
you answer
and start to say
"I'm so smart"
but stop yourself.

Instead you say,
"Mom, you're so smart.
Don't you want to tell me
that I'm smart too?"

Sometimes, I think
you're too smart
for your own good,
and the apple doesn't
fall far from the tree.